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はなよりだんご - 05-10-2009, 03:53 AM

花より団子: はな より だんご; hana yori dango
(It is more important to have) rice cake than flower.

Effective benefits are more welcome than decoration or romance symbolized by flower.

It came from a sceen where a man eats rice case without enjoying chery blossom at the Hanami(Cherry blossom watching) party.

Famouce J-drama 花より男子 is ironical modification of this phrase.


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